Thanks for the comments [n]JIN.It worked then! The masthead is non negotiable - just it's appearance changes each issue. I wanted the illustration to be the main focus of the cover - the logo is already an established part of Murky Depths.

I'm starting to see GUD might be that, the more I get to know Granta. Minus the exceptionally long history that they've got. We've still got a ways to prove ourselves. But pure content--(takes horn, toots loudly).

Well, Warren may have closed the GUD and Murky Depths threads but you can still comment on Murky Depths at their Forum. Contributors, both artists and writers, also discuss the issues there and you have the chance to ask them questions.

Murky Depths have a table at Fantasycon this weekend in Nottingham, UK. But, if you miss them there, they are at BICS a fortnight after, and Newcon the week after that in Northampton. Looks like the convention silly season!

That, I don't have a problem with. If you're serious, you'll use paper and lick a stamp and not bitch about it. I think, to a large extent, insisting on hardcopy separates the passionate from the poseur.

some of the stories that managed to get published in INTERZONE recently are just pure bowel water

i would agree with you up to the last two or three issues... there were a couple where all the stories seemed to be exercises in style over content, recently I think its got a lot better. And I'm not just saying that cos they rejected my story either :)